Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-06-30
Miscellaneous News.


The annual losses by fire IN the u
nited States amount to $l20, 200, 900,
and the consumption of cigars, ,cigarett E
es and smoking tobacco amounts to
s2O6. .o0O, 600. Total destruction by Gre
1926, 600, 900.
Here In q good word for the women,
An English statistician has discovered
that the married men live longer and
live better lives than bachelors. Among
every / 1000 bachelors there are thirty
eight criminals among married men
the ratio is only eighteen per 1000.
According to the mint reports, Cali
fornia has dropped to the third place a.
mone the States and Territories as a
producer Of precious metals. 1t still
ranks flrst In the production OF gold.
but Is away behind Colorado and Mon
tana In the production Of silver and In
the total value Of the output.
A New York railroad man tells q
Mail and Express reporter that the
mile minute speed is myth. Occa-
sioually, he saps, trains on a stretch OF
level track with an easy grade make q
mile minute, but the fastest express
train in the United States, the New
York aud Philadelphia limited, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, averages As $40
miles an hour. The average fast ex-
press of the United States reaches S6s
miles an hour. The fastest train in
the world is the "Flying Dutchman," "
which averages 80 is miles an hour,
between London and Bristol.
The Minneapolis Tribune tells Of u
new feature In Baptist merrymakings:
The young men distinguished them
selves by the preparation of supper ut
the church pailors, including ices, ice
cream and charlotte russo. 1t was in
cumbent upon each young man to
make with his own hands cake, and
ms o result nearly thirty specimens OF
these culinary triumphs were set out
before the throng In attendance. They
were i'm all shapes and sizes, and some
OF them were tearstained and bore evil
dence Of many weary hours Of deep
thought and anxiety. The men dansed
attendance as walters at the tables
and wore colors corresponding
orange yellow, pink and blue.
The New York Times says that the
luded person who have been led to be-
lieve that fortune Of SIC, 900, 900 a
waits In England the pleasure Of the
Sands family In this country may be
interested I'm letter sent by MIR. Hen
~ White. Secretary Of the Uuited
States Legation In London, to Mrs.
Sarah nj. Cas- well. Of Aurora, H., one
OF the "heirs,' who had the precaution
to ask him for information. Secretary
White says: beg to inform you that
there is no such estate as the one you
mentioned. Vast nvmbers of people in
our country are deceived and defraud-
ed by designing persons, who repre-
sent that great estates are awaiting A
mericans claimants here, whereas there
are none such. One of these rascals
has recently been sentenced to FIVE
years. penal servitude for ,robhing A
merican in this way" This,t the Times
adds, should be conclusive as to the ex-
istence of the great Sands or Sandys
estate In England. 1t does not.
however, prove that there is no such
estate in the moon, but ths 'heirs"
will not care to retain lawyers for the
prosecution of claims in that luminary.
The killing Car Coupler.
1t is an undouhted fact that no in
strument invented by man, not texpress.
ly designed as q man-destroyer. hasact-
ually crippled and slain more men
the car coupler. Accidents to railroad
employees from this cause are the most
common OF occurrences. It ls estimat-
ed that In the United States alone four
hundred and fifty brakemen are killed
every year while coupling cars, and
thousands are bruised, mained, or
seriously injured. The question of
substituting safety coupler has often
been discussed, and numerous inven-
tions to secure safety, Of more or less
value haye been proposed for adoption,
but nothing practical has as yet result
ed. The trouble has been to find a
safety coupler applicable to all kinds of
cars, and one that could be recommend
ed for universal use. It is gratifying
to learn that an investigation by com !.
mittee representing thirty thousand
miles of road is now Oh foot, with the
object of finding a system of safety
coupling that may be adopted. When
the car stove and the old fashioned
link and pin coupling are ruled out of
existence, the dangers of railroading
win be reduced by large degree'-N.
Y. OBS eTver.
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